He had already brought these people into his house, and it didn't seem right to just ignore them like that.

Then, as his gaze passed over the corner where his tools were stored, Kim Haru finally came up with an idea.

"Let's build a fence," Kim Haru said, picking up an axe and motioning for Shin Woncheon and the others to follow him.

Even though they didn't have tools, they were ability users. Cutting down a tree shouldn't be much of a challenge for them, right?

The farming system hadn't specified that a fence needed to be built, but it also didn't say it couldn't be done.

Kim Haru figured that since the system had provided an axe, it must be intended for chopping trees. He already had a wooden cabin, and he didn't know how to make wooden furniture, so the simplest thing he could think of was a fence.

Besides, with all the vegetation around, there might be animals lurking. A fence would at least prevent them from ruining his crops when he wasn't paying attention.

The more he thought about it, the more convinced he became that building a fence was the right idea.

And now, with some free labor at hand, he wouldn't have to sweat it out doing the work all by himself.

Shin Woncheon and his teammates, of course, eagerly agreed without hesitation!

If they weren't so outmatched by the environment and worried about causing trouble for the boss by messing with things they didn't understand, they would have long found a way to do everything they could to help him out.

They had never found the right opportunity to properly thank the boss for taking them in, let alone for being willing to share his vegetables with them. Now that the boss had finally asked for something, how could they possibly refuse?

Even if it meant going into the forest to cut down the most precious mutated trees.

Kim Haru walked ahead while Shin Woncheon and his teammates followed closely behind, their bodies tense and on full alert.

They passed by many trees, but Kim Haru didn't stop. These weren't his target.

No matter the world—whether the one before or this post-apocalyptic one—vegetation was undeniably important. Kim Haru wasn't the type to cut down trees recklessly, especially after seeing all the desolate areas on his way out of town earlier.

So, he had his sights set on those particularly massive old trees, the ones whose branches were thicker than the trunks of other trees.

Kim Haru didn't plan to cut down the trees entirely. He just needed some branches to make a fence; there was no need to take down the whole tree.

Soon, Kim Haru reached his destination.

It was a small, low-lying valley. He couldn't recognize the species of the trees here, only that each one was towering, their canopies blocking out the sun entirely. Walking beneath them, not a single ray of sunlight reached the ground.